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A strong Canada 'will help make America great again,' Carney tells New York business leaders

A strong Canada 'will help make America great again,' Carney tells New York business leaders

Carney says Canada and U.S. need a 'new partnership.' Prime Minister Mark Carney told a crowd of New York industry titans and financiers on Thursday that Canada and the U.S. need to pursue a new partnership — a bilateral relationship premised not on how things were done in the past but one where a stronger, more independent Canada can selectively...

N.L. MP Clifford Small owes more than $350K in unpaid restaurant rent and taxes, lawsuits claim

N.L. MP Clifford Small owes more than $350K in unpaid restaurant rent and taxes, lawsuits claim

Central Newfoundland Member of Parliament Clifford Small and his company are being sued for over $353,000 in unpaid restaurant rent and taxes. In recent months, statements of claim have been filed by both the property owner and the City of Mount Pearl. Small’s parliamentary office has declined to comment at this time.

Alberta Premier Smith's government formalizes Oct. 19 separation question

Alberta Premier Smith's government formalizes Oct. 19 separation question

Alberta's upcoming referendum question on separation was made official Thursday, and it mirrors what Premier Danielle Smith announced last week. Smith and her cabinet issued an order in council confirming the date and format of the Oct. 19 referendum, along with the question. It will ask voters to pick one of two options. Option one reads: "Alberta should remain a...

Why the B.C. Conservative leadership contest is hinge moment for the NDP too

Why the B.C. Conservative leadership contest is hinge moment for the NDP too

The B.C. Conservatives are expected to announce their new leader on Saturday, nearly six months after John Rustad was chased out of office. But the announcement at a leadership convention in Vancouver could also represent a pivotal moment for the governing NDP, which Angus Reid Institute president Shachi Kurl says has suffered a "brutal, bruising" spring session. "It has not...

Carney ‘constantly’ in touch with Trump, Joly says as CUSMA review nears

Carney ‘constantly’ in touch with Trump, Joly says as CUSMA review nears

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump are “constantly” in touch and will meet during the G7 summit in France next month as the review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal, or CUSMA, is drawing closer, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday. The trade deal, which was signed in 2018 and touches virtually all trade between Canada, the U.S...

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Gap Narrows: Liberals 41.1, Conservatives 32.7

Gap Narrows: Liberals 41.1, Conservatives 32.7

The Liberals maintain a clear lead in federal voter preferences at 41.1%, ahead of the Conservatives at 32.7%, though the margin has narrowed to single digits, indicating a more competitive environment may be emerging. Other parties remain well behind, with the NDP at 12.6% and smaller shares for the Bloc, Greens and People’s Party. Public attention continues to centre on...



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Mark Carney’s Economic Diplomacy and the Battle for Canada

Mark Carney’s Economic Diplomacy and the Battle for Canada

The speech Mark Carney delivered to the Economic Club of New York on Thursday was many things. In the room, it was a stability balm amid a global drama: Canada is the reasonable, rational source of solutions, not problems. “A country that’s predictable, reliable and principled in a world that’s anything but,” Carney said in his summation. As a narrative...

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Tesla threatens legal action over Manitoba's end to EV rebate for company vehicles

Tesla threatens legal action over Manitoba's end to EV rebate for company vehicles

The Manitoba government says it is facing potential legal action over its decision to halt rebates for the electric vehicles produced by automaker Tesla. Premier Wab Kinew says the government has received a notice from Tesla Motors Canada that it intends to seek a judicial review of the decision. Kinew says the government will only consider reversing its decision if...

Liberals say they can't overturn decision tripling streamers' Cancon contributions

Liberals say they can't overturn decision tripling streamers' Cancon contributions

The Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to "reject" the CRTC's recent decision tripling streamers' financial contributions. The broadcast regulator said last week large online streaming services must contribute 15 per cent of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content. Conservative MP Rachael Thomas put forward a motion in the House of Commons today calling on cabinet to use its...

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Why Nova Scotia Is Ready to Support Canada’s Defence, Security and Resilience Bank

Why Nova Scotia Is Ready to Support Canada’s Defence, Security and Resilience Bank

Canada’s selection as home to the new Defence, Security and Resilience Bank affirms our country’s credibility with its allies and its leadership at a time when defence, security and economic resilience is critical. Nova Scotia was one of the first to raise our hand in support of Canada’s bid.

Building Canada Strong Through Sport

Building Canada Strong Through Sport



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The man from Manitoba could play a big part in keeping Alberta from separating

The man from Manitoba could play a big part in keeping Alberta from separating

As the Western premiers pulled on Team Canada soccer jerseys at the close of their meeting in Kananaskis on Tuesday, some kind of barbed comment was inevitable. Wab Kinew obliged. “I just want to tell Premier (Danielle) Smith, that she looks great in a Team Canada jersey,” the Manitoba premier said, pointedly. As host of the conference, Smith may have...

They’re not fighter jets, but Canada’s new Swedish surveillance planes are a message to Trump

They’re not fighter jets, but Canada’s new Swedish surveillance planes are a message to Trump

Canada will buy the GlobalEye aircraft from Swedish manufacturer Saab, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday at the CANSEC defence industry conference in Ottawa. Canadians could be forgiven for having two questions: What does that mean? And also, what does it mean?

A warning to Alberta: referendums leave wreckage in their wake

A warning to Alberta: referendums leave wreckage in their wake

Important referendums are usually defeated. But successful or not, they always divide families, communities and nations. The wreckage stems from the high emotion, the purely polemical arguments and, most often, the nasty personal attacks that are part of a referendum circus. Canada, like most advanced democracies, has held very few referendums. In part, that is so because governments don’t like...

Fast trains are a great way to travel. But the big upside of Alto lies in the economic boon and housing affordability high-speed rail could deliver.

Fast trains are a great way to travel. But the big upside of Alto lies in the economic boon and housing affordability high-speed rail could deliver.

Canada has plenty of land, relatively few people, and a housing affordability problem. What’s this got to do with high speed rail? The discussion around housing affordability often stalls out at the conundrum of how to protect the asset values of those who own homes today, while at the same time giving those who want to own a home a...

Poilievre may prove shrewd to back America’s alliance as Carney embraces Europe

Poilievre may prove shrewd to back America’s alliance as Carney embraces Europe

If our troops are fighting in Latvia, or if Ottawa fails to renew CUSMA, a more North American policy could gain favour with voters

Guilbeault quits as Carney turns his back on climate

Guilbeault quits as Carney turns his back on climate

Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault was, for a time, the right man for the moment. That moment was 2019 and a few years that followed, before the worst polarizing effects and economic shockwaves of the COVID pandemic took hold and climate change still rates as a top political concern for Canadians. Guilbeault, a former Greenpeace activist turned Liberal politician, based much...



Kenney paints a horrifying doomsday picture of an independent Alberta

Kenney paints a horrifying doomsday picture of an independent Alberta

The horror! The horror! Before the night is over, one side will paint a horrifying picture of an independent Alberta and the other side will speak of shameless fear mongering. The man was ready. He had what he believed was his ace in the hole. He was just waiting for the chance to use it. It didn’t take long.

Smith backs federalism. Her party won't. Sure path to big trouble in UCP

Smith backs federalism. Her party won't. Sure path to big trouble in UCP

Premier Danielle Smith was taking heat from other western premiers over separatism Tuesday when an astonishing statement hit the airwaves. The president of the UCP, Rob Smith (no relation), said the governing party will not take a stand on whether Alberta should separate or not. That’s Danielle Smith’s party. The one

Danielle Smith is brewing Canada’s own Brexit problem

Danielle Smith is brewing Canada’s own Brexit problem

Imagine, if you will, an Alberta of endless opportunities. The landscape glistens with a thousand shiny new data centres, each of them furiously mining bitcoin. The Alberta Provincial Police patrol the highways. Go 300km in either direction, and the poor citizens of Canada are living in globalist tyranny. This is Danielle Smith’s Alberta.

With her "maybe" option, Danielle Smith could deliver an endless tax on Alberta's economy

With her "maybe" option, Danielle Smith could deliver an endless tax on Alberta's economy

If 20% leave turns into 40% for Smith’s “maybe” option - Alberta will have avoided a near term crisis, but saddled itself with the image of a place that is unsettled and unpredictable. Most of the time, referendums result in people deciding to maintain the status quo. In 26 national referendums across 26 countries, questions about maintaining an existing policy...

Alberta separatism has Mark Carney saying what’s on his mind

Alberta separatism has Mark Carney saying what’s on his mind

Outside Alberta, a political consensus is emerging — not just on how the Alberta referendum should turn out, but on whether it should be held at all. That in itself is remarkable, but it does risk driving some further wedges into the national-unity debate that this referendum has set in motion.

Carney needs to stay out of the separatism debate

Carney needs to stay out of the separatism debate

Prime Minister John A. Macdonald famously described dealing with provincial leaders as “herding cats.” He was right on the money: like cats, premiers will purr loudly to get what they want but ignore you when it suits them. Or worse, lure you in and scratch you when you least expect it. But MacDonald knew how to cajole them, humour them...



Danielle Smith’s referendum gamble brings Alberta to the brink — is Canada ready?

Danielle Smith’s referendum gamble brings Alberta to the brink — is Canada ready?

Canadians need to stare down the stark reality of what happened in Alberta this week. Premier Danielle Smith has moved her province closer to separation than it has ever been. This brewing national-unity crisis has not come about from the tyranny of the majority — it has been created by a minority wielding too much power for its size, and...

Prime Minister Carney waves the Clarity Act over Smith's 'dangerous bluff'

Prime Minister Carney waves the Clarity Act over Smith's 'dangerous bluff'

Premier Danielle Smith’s referendum question could get slammed to a halt by Ottawa. “This is a very dangerous bluff,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday, in a powerful put-down of Smith’s referendum question. That’s the quote everybody noticed. More consequential was his statement that Ottawa will review Smith’s two-pronged question to see if it conforms to the federal Clarity Act...

Danielle Smith plays both sides of the separatist coin

Danielle Smith plays both sides of the separatist coin

She affirmed she stands with Canada and will continue to do so all the way to the possible breakup of the country, which she opposes but is determinedly helping along

Carney knows from experience separatism can get very real if Alberta is mishandled

Carney knows from experience separatism can get very real if Alberta is mishandled

Mark Carney was asked Monday about his role in the forthcoming Alberta referendum campaign and the response was reassuring. The prime minister wasn’t exactly Henry V at Agincourt on St. Crispin’s Day, rallying his outnumbered troops in a call to arms. But he is a veteran of these campaigns from his time in the United Kingdom during the Brexit and...

Notes from the Citadel: Alberta, Canada, and the Lessons of History

Notes from the Citadel: Alberta, Canada, and the Lessons of History

We are living through a moment when our democracy, unity, and international engagement are once again being tested. In the last week alone, I’ve spoken at the Together/Ensemble conference in Calgary on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, followed by the Democratic Engagement Exchange dialogue on the state of Canada’s democratic health. The bad news is that our politics seems precarious...

With all quiet on the Iranian front, Trump turns his attention westward — and to Canada in particular

With all quiet on the Iranian front, Trump turns his attention westward — and to Canada in particular

Unless you had to go fill your gas tank after the long weekend — like this loser, right here — you could almost be forgiven for forgetting the war in the Middle East is still ongoing, sort of. Especially as the White House seems to be much more focused on us and its other neighbours. The Third Persian Gulf War...



What Actually Holds a Country Together?

What Actually Holds a Country Together?

Carney’s climate climb-down a win for Alberta, but the benefit for everyone else is unclear

Carney’s climate climb-down a win for Alberta, but the benefit for everyone else is unclear

News of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s unmistakable retreat on existing climate and environmental protections blew through town like an early spring thunderstorm last week. But, so far, it doesn’t appear to have done serious damage to his standing in the polls. To the climate, however? That is a different and more troubling question. And the answer is certainly ‘yes’. In...

Has Danielle Smith Squared the Circle?

Has Danielle Smith Squared the Circle?

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has found a new way to avoid putting a direct question about leaving Canada on a referendum ballot this fall. Instead, Albertans will be asked to cast a ballot on whether they want to remain as a province of Canada or have the provincial government start the process toward a binding independence referendum. Here’s the precise...

Danielle Smith is preparing a lobster trap for Albertans by serving up separation on a ballot — and Quebec is watching

Danielle Smith is preparing a lobster trap for Albertans by serving up separation on a ballot — and Quebec is watching

In 1995, Jacques Parizeau, the then-premier of Québec, met with a group of foreign ambassadors in Ottawa and reportedly told them that, if Quebecers voted Yes in the upcoming sovereignty referendum, they would be trapped “like lobsters thrown into boiling water” with no way back. A diplomatic memo that included the colourful comment was leaked. An uproar ensued and cartoonists...

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Gripens bound for Ukraine could be built in Canada: Saab

Gripens bound for Ukraine could be built in Canada: Saab

Swedish defence firm Saab says if Ottawa chooses to buy its Gripen E fighter jets, Canada could end up making some of the ones destined for Ukraine's air force. Saab says up to 20 of its Gripen jets will be built for Ukraine under a European Union support loan agreement and Sweden will donate 16 older-model Gripens to the war-torn country.

Germany pledges four submarines by 2036 in high-stakes pitch to Canada

Germany pledges four submarines by 2036 in high-stakes pitch to Canada

Bid matches South Korean promise and includes billions in proposed economic investments. Should the Liberal government decide to go with the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) bid, the German shipbuilder has now pledged to deliver four Type 212-CD submarines to the Canadian Navy by 2036, the country’s defence minister tells CBC News. Boris Pistorius said Wednesday that he has every confidence...

Canadian warship transits Taiwan Strait despite China’s warning

Canadian warship transits Taiwan Strait despite China’s warning

A Canadian warship transited the Taiwan Strait that’s claimed by China as an internal waterway – in defiance of Beijing’s warning – days before a high-stakes visit by the Chinese Foreign Minister to Ottawa. The frigate HMCS Charlottetown made the trip last week, the Department of National Defence said Thursday. “On May 22, 2026, HMCS Charlottetown conducted a routine transit...

Stronger Canada will help 'make America great again,' Carney tells NY business crowd

Stronger Canada will help 'make America great again,' Carney tells NY business crowd

Prime Minister Mark Carney told an audience of business professionals in New York City on Thursday that Canada's efforts to diversify its trade and wean itself off the U.S. market make it a better ally. Carney spoke to the Economic Club of New York, outlining Canada's economic strategy and the progress made so far. It's part of his government's efforts...

B.C. premier says Alberta separatism the 'elephant in the room' during pivotal moment for Canada

B.C. premier says Alberta separatism the 'elephant in the room' during pivotal moment for Canada

Even as B.C. Premier David Eby argues that his province is delivering on helping grow a Canadian economy battered by U.S. trade attacks, he said the "omnipresent" issue of a referendum on Alberta separatism has made the situation more delicate. "We're talking, simultaneously, about unifying policy across provinces and territories to reduce friction — at the same time as Alberta...

Alberta separation question to be atop stack of ten colour-coded ballots in fall vote

Alberta separation question to be atop stack of ten colour-coded ballots in fall vote

Alberta election officials say while the province's question on quitting Canada hasn't been written in stone, it will be at the top of an ordered stack of ten ballots. Elections Alberta says 10 referendum questions to be put to Albertans on Oct. 19 will be colour-coded, and voters won't need to mark the box on every question. Premier Danielle Smith...

Ontario Liberal caucus member Rob Cerjanec enters party leadership race

Ontario Liberal caucus member Rob Cerjanec enters party leadership race

Ontario Liberal caucus member Rob Cerjanec has tossed his hat into the party's leadership race.?? The rookie legislator who won the Ajax riding in 2025 will be running under the slogan "Let's Build Ontario" and he pledges to rebuild the party.? Cerjanec says he will focus on affordability measures and improving the education and health-care systems.

Bill S-2 unlikely to pass before summer recess

Bill S-2 unlikely to pass before summer recess

A government source said it’s doubtful the bill will clear committee before the start of the summer recess next month as too many stakeholders want to testify at committee.

Alberta premier wins standoff with party over position on provincial separation vote

Alberta premier wins standoff with party over position on provincial separation vote

A standoff between Premier Danielle Smith and her own United Conservative Party on the issue of separation is over -- and the premier has won. Premier Smith and party president Rob Smith had been at odds over where they stand on Alberta staying in Canada ahead of a fall referendum on the matter. The premier says she wants Alberta to...

Carney government abandons Trudeau-era effort to allow human rights complaints on online hate speech

Carney government abandons Trudeau-era effort to allow human rights complaints on online hate speech

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is abandoning efforts by his predecessor to reintroduce into the Canadian Human Rights Act the ability to bring forward complaints of online hate speech. The controversial provision, known as section 13, was repealed under the former Conservative government of Stephen Harper, with efforts to revive it advanced by former prime minister Justin Trudeau as part...

Canada mulls legal action against Colombia over cancelled contract with national defence ministry

Canada mulls legal action against Colombia over cancelled contract with national defence ministry

A Canadian Crown corporation is considering legal action against Colombia after that country’s Ministry of National Defence cancelled a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to construct its new ministry headquarters. The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), a Crown corporation that reports to International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu, confirmed Colombian’s Ministry of National Defence had "terminated" the contract.

Carney set to deliver remarks, pitch Canada as investment hub in New York

Carney set to deliver remarks, pitch Canada as investment hub in New York

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in New York City Thursday to meet with business leaders as the relationship between Canada and the United States remains rocky ahead of a review of the continental trade pact. The Prime Minister's Office has not identified the CEOs, entrepreneurs, business leaders and money managers Carney is expected to meet with to pitch Canada as...

Canada provided assistance to Americans fleeing Donald Trump’s war with Iran

Canada provided assistance to Americans fleeing Donald Trump’s war with Iran

Canadian officials in the Middle East scrambled to help American citizens trying to escape the region after U.S. President Donald Trump launched his war against Iran, the federal government confirmed Wednesday. The assistance, revealed by the U.S.-based publication Semafor, was provided after American officials did not have a facility for U.S. citizens to pick up new or renewed passports required...

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Chinese foreign minister's visit to Canada a 'positive sign': trade minister

Chinese foreign minister's visit to Canada a 'positive sign': trade minister

China's foreign minister is visiting Canada this week, something International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu is calling a positive sign about the relationship between the two countries. Wang Yi arrives in Canada on Thursday for a three-day visit that is the first by a Chinese foreign minister in a decade. The Chinese minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand are expected...

Ottawa to amend encryption, metadata elements of contentious lawful access bill

Ottawa to amend encryption, metadata elements of contentious lawful access bill

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the government will amend its controversial lawful access bill. Anandasangaree says the government will clarify that encryption will be protected. He says the government also will provide a clear definition of metadata in the legislation and ensure its requirements are in line with similar legislation in the U.S.

Liberals prepare to lose climate champion as Guilbeault plans to quit Commons

Liberals prepare to lose climate champion as Guilbeault plans to quit Commons

The resignation of one of the most prominent environmental voices in the Liberal caucus was held up Wednesday as a watershed moment for a government accused of prioritizing economic development over climate policy. Former Liberal cabinet minister Stephen Guilbeault has announced he will leave his seat as a member of Parliament this summer. "I have come to the conclusion that...

Despite digital ad advantage, Tory comms not cutting through Grits’ ‘macro’ messaging: observers

Despite digital ad advantage, Tory comms not cutting through Grits’ ‘macro’ messaging: observers

Even amid a more than two-to-one digital advertising deficit and an ongoing six-figure Conservative campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal government are maintaining double-digit polling leads heading into the summer sitting break. Yet while some recent polling suggests Liberal support may be softening ahead of looming trade negotiations with United States President Donald Trump and amid growing tensions...

German submarine bid promises Canada $86B economic boost and tens of thousands of jobs

German submarine bid promises Canada $86B economic boost and tens of thousands of jobs

Proposal ties Arctic defence to NATO integration. An average of up to 50,000 jobs could be created in Canada over the next five years should the federal government opt to buy the German-made Type 212CD submarine, CBC News has learned. Up until this point in the fierce competition over the navy’s new submarines, both the German and Norwegian governments and...

Steven Guilbeault announces he will resign his seat this summer, remain as Liberal MP until then
National artificial intelligence strategy to be released next week, Carney says

National artificial intelligence strategy to be released next week, Carney says

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government will introduce its long-awaited AI strategy next week. Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon initially promised it would be tabled by the end of last year. The government at first signalled an adoption-focused approach, while critics said the group Ottawa asked to advise it on AI leaned too much on the perspective of...

Canada-U.S. trade minister heads to Washington next week to talk trade

Canada-U.S. trade minister heads to Washington next week to talk trade

Canada-U.S. trade minister Dominic LeBlanc heads to Washington next week to talk trade, ahead of the July 1 deadline for a review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade deal (CUSMA). Ahead of the trip, LeBlanc tells CTV News he had a one-hour video meeting Monday with United States Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer. The Canada-US. trade minister said they were also joined...

Former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault says he will resign as an MP this summer as Carney thanks him for his service

Former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault says he will resign as an MP this summer as Carney thanks him for his service

Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault announced Wednesday that he will resign as a member of Parliament this summer following significant changes to federal climate policy under Prime Minister Mark Carney. "I have come to the conclusion that it is time for me to pursue my fight for environmental protection and the fight against climate change in a different way," the...

Ottawa negotiating purchase of Saab GlobalEye surveillance planes: Carney

Ottawa negotiating purchase of Saab GlobalEye surveillance planes: Carney

The federal government is entering into contract negotiations with Saab to buy a fleet of surveillance aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday. The federal government has said it’s in the market for six radar aircraft to help protect Canada. Saab produces the planes in a joint partnership with Bombardier, based on the Global...

Alberta's separatist movement is an outlier among global secession efforts: experts

Alberta's separatist movement is an outlier among global secession efforts: experts

Alberta's secession movement is unlike other separatist efforts in democratic countries across the world, experts say. Those outside of Canada, including ones that led to the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence and the 2017 vote on whether the distinct people of Catalonia should leave Spain, all have similar characteristics. "Significant secession movements starts with nationhood, the idea that members of...

Alberta separatist leader planning to challenge Danielle Smith's leadership or change referendum question

Alberta separatist leader planning to challenge Danielle Smith's leadership or change referendum question

Stay Free Alberta's Mitch Sylvestre says UCP base angry at premier's pro-Canada stance. The leader of Alberta’s main separatist group is organizing to force either a leadership review of Premier Danielle Smith, or for her United Conservative Party to demand a different referendum question than the one she’s put forth, he told CBC News on Tuesday. Mitch Sylvestre, CEO of...

Canada's biggest arms expo is booming as Carney prioritizes defence

Canada's biggest arms expo is booming as Carney prioritizes defence

Canada's biggest arms expo is booming as an uncertain geopolitical climate and the federal government's drive to rebuild the military combine to light a fire under the defence tech sector. Hundreds of military equipment companies will jostle to sell their wares this week at CANSEC, an annual event in the nation's capital that forecasts a 20 to 40 per cent...

Trump's trade czar says tariffs will remain on Canada, Mexico despite trade agreement

Trump's trade czar says tariffs will remain on Canada, Mexico despite trade agreement

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade czar said there will be tariffs in place on Mexico and Canada even though the countries are part of a continental trade pact. United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday that most nations around the world have "begrudgingly" accepted tariffs are part of the Trump administration's ongoing policies and have been willing to continue...

Manitoba premier calls on Alberta to pause its fall separation vote for 'year or two'

Manitoba premier calls on Alberta to pause its fall separation vote for 'year or two'

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is urging Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to press pause on her fall separation referendum. Kinew, speaking directly to Smith at the annual meeting of western and northern premiers, said with all provinces signing and building megaprojects -- including an Alberta pipeline to the West Coast -- this isn't the time for such uncertainty.

Majority of party members likely to back Alberta separation, UCP president says

Majority of party members likely to back Alberta separation, UCP president says

The president of Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party says he believes that a majority of UCP members will vote against remaining in Canada in a referendum this fall, despite Premier Danielle Smith’s campaign in favour of Confederation. Rob Smith, who heads the UCP’s board of directors, said the party will not pick a side in the lead-up to the separation...



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Calling for 'new approach,' CBS News leader Bari Weiss replaces executive producer at '60 Minutes'

Calling for 'new approach,' CBS News leader Bari Weiss replaces executive producer at '60 Minutes'

NEW YORK (AP) -- Saying it was time for a new approach and a new chapter, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has replaced the executive producer of "60 Minutes," naming outsider Nick Bilton, a longtime technology journalist and documentarian, as the show's new leader.

Treasury Secretary Bessent confirms limited steps toward a $250 bill featuring Donald Trump

Treasury Secretary Bessent confirms limited steps toward a $250 bill featuring Donald Trump

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that his department has prepared the design for a $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump, anticipating the passage of stalled legislation in Congress to put the president on a new denomination of legal tender.

Milli Vanilli and Morris Day say they won't perform at Trump-linked Freedom 250's DC shows

Milli Vanilli and Morris Day say they won't perform at Trump-linked Freedom 250's DC shows

NEW YORK (AP) -- A day after the President Donald Trump -affiliated Freedom 250 announced the "first wave" of performers for "The Great American State Fair" shows on Washington's National Mall in June and July, Milli Vanilli and Morris Day are among the scheduled acts who have said they will not be appearing.

Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival

Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington, D.C., area a month before the midterm elections.

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Carney ‘constantly’ in touch with Trump, Joly says as CUSMA review nears

Carney ‘constantly’ in touch with Trump, Joly says as CUSMA review nears

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump are “constantly” in touch and will meet during the G7 summit in France next month as the review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal, or CUSMA, is drawing closer, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday. The trade deal, which was signed in 2018 and touches virtually all trade between Canada, the U.S...

A strong Canada 'will help make America great again,' Carney tells New York business leaders

A strong Canada 'will help make America great again,' Carney tells New York business leaders

Carney says Canada and U.S. need a 'new partnership.' Prime Minister Mark Carney told a crowd of New York industry titans and financiers on Thursday that Canada and the U.S. need to pursue a new partnership — a bilateral relationship premised not on how things were done in the past but one where a stronger, more independent Canada can selectively...

Canada mulls legal action against Colombia over cancelled contract with national defence ministry

Canada mulls legal action against Colombia over cancelled contract with national defence ministry

A Canadian Crown corporation is considering legal action against Colombia after that country’s Ministry of National Defence cancelled a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to construct its new ministry headquarters. The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), a Crown corporation that reports to International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu, confirmed Colombian’s Ministry of National Defence had "terminated" the contract.

Chinese foreign minister's visit to Canada a 'positive sign': trade minister

Chinese foreign minister's visit to Canada a 'positive sign': trade minister

China's foreign minister is visiting Canada this week, something International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu is calling a positive sign about the relationship between the two countries. Wang Yi arrives in Canada on Thursday for a three-day visit that is the first by a Chinese foreign minister in a decade. The Chinese minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand are expected...

India's commerce minister says Carney's recent visit helped to reset relations

India's commerce minister says Carney's recent visit helped to reset relations

India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal says Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent visit to his country paved the way for a complete overhaul of the Canada-India relationship Goyal is in Canada for meetings on trade and investment this week, starting today with a discussion with Canadian International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu. Goyal says the relationship between Canada and India...

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CUSMA review comes into focus - What Trump and the Democrats agree about the future of North American trade

CUSMA review comes into focus - What Trump and the Democrats agree about the future of North American trade

In just over a month, North American governments are expected to decide the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). More likely, they will decide how to decide that future. It’s still not clear to anyone, probably U.S. trade negotiators included, how this first six-year review of CUSMA will play out.

Reckless recognition – Canada’s Palestinian statehood mistake

Reckless recognition – Canada’s Palestinian statehood mistake

Over a century ago, Max Weber observed in Politics as a Vocation that “one can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.” Once detached from responsibility and objective judgment, passion becomes a mere sentiment staged as action, a gesture absorbed in itself and blind to the consequences...

Unprincipled – The Supreme Court’s expansion of fundamental justice under section 7 of the Charter

Unprincipled – The Supreme Court’s expansion of fundamental justice under section 7 of the Charter

Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms began as something modest: a procedural protection meant to ensure that when the state interferes with “life, liberty, and security of the person,” it does so in accordance with the “principles of fundamental justice.” It was not, at least on paper, designed to place courts at the centre of sweeping...


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Can the Ottawa Treaty banning landmines survive?

Can the Ottawa Treaty banning landmines survive?

“Despite the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel which has resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries…Lebanon moved forward with the ban on antipersonnel landmines,” said the Ottawa-based group Mines Action Canada in a statement, celebrating the new addition.

Protecting a pedophile's privacy

Protecting a pedophile's privacy

Canada’s privacy laws are supposed to protect ordinary citizens from unwarranted intrusions into their personal lives. But they can also protect pedophiles. Dead pedophiles. Dead pedophiles from America.

How Polarized is Canada... And Should We Worry?

If you want to sound wise these days, just blame the crazy state of the world on polarization. If you want to sound really wise, say that fighting polarization needs to be part of the political agenda and be sure to blame social media and Donald Trump (although not necessarily in that order) for the current chaos. Despite it being...

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Your Turn - Ask Me Anything

Your Turn - Ask Me Anything

The last week of the month means it's an "ask me anything" Thursday, and once again, lots of questions from across the country. Questions about journalism, about politics, about everything from Snowbirds to Donald Trump.

Will Alberta's referendum pit Conservatives vs. Conservatives?

Will Alberta's referendum pit Conservatives vs. Conservatives?

Premier Danielle Smith has added a question on Alberta separation to the October 19 referendum ballot, a move that will have repercussions for the country and the province. But is it primarily a debate being held amongst the supporters of her own party?

When Trump is gone, will we still want a bigger military?

When Trump is gone, will we still want a bigger military?

In this episode of On The Line, host Matt Gurney is joined by two guests for conversations about defence, geopolitics, and the changing nature of modern warfare.

Goodbye Steven Guilbeault, hello razor thin majority

Goodbye Steven Guilbeault, hello razor thin majority

Steven Guilbeault resigns from the Liberal caucus over the government's diluted climate plans — and he's not alone, with 14 Liberal MPs signing an anonymous letter criticizing the Alberta pipeline deal. Mark Carney lands in New York City to pitch Wall Street investors on Canada, and CANSEC is back in Ottawa, bigger and thirstier than ever, as the defense industry...